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Thursday, 12 December 2013

Dunfermline A 2-3 Stirling A - 11/12/2013

Who says there is no White Christmas?

It was a case of home disadvantage asDunfermline only got the whitepieces in 2 games in a match where white won all 5. I suspect that is a very rare occurrence.

On top board in a quiet exchangeFrenchopening Steve placed hispieces a bit too cautiously and then blundered on move 13 trying to stop hispiecesfrom getting even more restricted. On board 2 John only noticed Jim's destructive knight sacrifice too late and despite wriggling on there was no way to prevent the white attack. An inadvertent double knight sacrifice by black resulting in the loss of 2 knights for nothingendedthe game. On board 3 Iain tried a counter attacking hippo formation but the beast proved too heavy to move much beyond its own 3rd rank. Graham took aim at the black kingside and won the black queenwith aneat combination. On board 4 Fred threatened to launch a king side attack. Thisneverhappened as Robin insisted on placing his queen on an unprotected squareon the queen sidewhere the pin cost him a pawn. Strangely hemoved the samepiece to the same square a couple of moves later and an identical pin cost pawn number 2. Fred converted withoutmuch bother.On board 5 Jim came out of the opening ok but acouple of casual rook pawn moves and Jim's fear about getting an isolated d-pawnby advancing itlet Neil get a big bind on the position which eventually cost black apiece and the game.